Coffee Break Collection 022 - Days Gone By
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Length 1 h 43 min
Chapters 15
This is the twenty-second Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select English language public domain works of about 15 minutes or less in duration -- perfect to listen to during commutes, workouts or coffee breaks. The topic for this collection is Days Gone By. All pieces were of a historical nature at the time written (i.e. not enough that they are historical now!). Ancient Rome, Greece or Egypt, medieval Europe, the early days of the American colonies.
Chapters
1
The Birth Time of the Gods Chapter 1 of Old-World Japan: Legends of the Land of the Gods by Frank Rinder Read by Availle 10:41
2
The Sad Story of a Boy King by George Cary Eggleston Read by Garth Burton 8:12
3
A Day at Strawberry Hill by Austin Dobson Read by Colleen McMahon 11:43
4
The Earliest Egyptian Remains by Charles Francis Horne Read by BettyB 4:31
5
The First Americans by Cotton Mather Read by Craig Campbell 2:38
6
The First Saxon Settlement by Walter Besant Read by Colleen McMahon 5:08
7
The First Thanksgiving by Cotton Mather Read by Craig Campbell 2:29
8
The Foundation of Rome by John Frost Read by BettyB 5:15
9
Fourteenth Century Prayers by Various Read by ChadH94 3:52
10
Intellectual Life by William B. Forwood Read by ChadH94 4:08
11
Marrying a God by Saxo Grammaticus Read by Craig Campbell 4:32
12
Old Salem Shops by Eleanor Putnam Read by Anita Sloma-Martinez 17:37
13
The Poem in the Tomb of Antuf by Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge Read by ChadH94 4:55
14
The Wandering Nations, (Chapter 2 of A Short History of Wales) by Owen M. Edwards Read by Michele Fry 7:00
15
Chapter 1 - The Wild West from The Life of Abraham Lincoln by Henry Ketcham Read by Anita Sloma-Martinez 10:17
From LibriVox, read by volunteers and in the public domain. LibriVox page (opens librivox.org) , all files on the Internet Archive (opens archive.org) .
